Game Blog

Gamers who grew up during the late ‘70s, the ‘80s, or the early ‘90s no doubt remember at least something about the precursors to home game consoles. Arcade machines stood as location-based gaming attractions that required repeated, small payments in order to partake in the experience.

Do you live where it gets cold during certain times of the year? Maybe you live in the desert where it gets bitterly cold every night? Maybe you just live in the Midwest where the weather can’t make up its mind whether to be Summer or Winter?

Presumably, no matter where you live, you own a touchscreen device of some sort (unless you’re Amish). Bitter cold temperatures and the bare fingers typ...

It wasn’t too long ago that I was fervently anti-PC when it came to gaming. I had a plethora of reasons for hating the PC format when compared side-by-side with the console format that had stood, unassailable since the 1990s. Sure, I would occasionally acquiesce in order to play a really great D&D game that was PC-only, but for the most part I wanted nothing to do with PC gaming.

The Fools are out in full-force this April, buying up every remastered game they can get their paws on. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the Fools and their habits have resulted in a month that is completely dominated by remasters and ports. The only upside is that we are, once again, spared the sting of licensed shovelware.

Jumping right into the ports and remasters, the PS4 and XBONE are ea...